hey there!

village was established in 2010 as a way to document fashion/design/travel inspo from around the web. Also something to distract krystal from the fact that she gave up a career as a therapist and moved to switzerland and got caught in big pharma. but now she's opening a concept store in march as a kind of hobby. stop by the shop if you need to talk about anything!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Did you read this article about this gorgeous looking Parisian flat that they just opened after 70 years??

"Behind the door, under a thick layer of dusk lay a treasure trove of turn-of-the-century objects including a painting by the 19th century Italian artist Giovanni Boldini."

The owner left for the South of France before the Second World War and never returned - she was the granddaughter of a beautiful Parisian woman - a muse of the famous painter Boldini - and was portrayed in a painting in the apartment (which just sold for 2.1 million!!!)

"The muse was Marthe de Florian, an actress with a long list of ardent admirers, whose fervent love letters she kept wrapped neatly in ribbon and were still on the premises. Among the admirers was the 72nd prime minister of France, George Clemenceau, but also Boldini."

My only question is....I wonder how in the world you could not return to a beautiful flat in Paris!!

I would take photos from corner to corner before anything gets touched or moved. then slowley go thru' it all with a fine tooth comb - carefully -- i would be mesmirised by all the stories popping out at me. thanks for posting this, I am investigating because I am so intrigued and fasinated, it is overwelling.. XX (did I mention some sort of mask would be a good idea)the dust must be crazy... Only in Paris